1 IN 3 U.S. WOMEN will have an abortion in her lifetime, and will be overwhelmingly confident in her choice. According to a study released last month,…
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USUALLY, when I hear the word “progress,” I picture a line steadily sloping upward. When it comes to progress in the area of reproductive rights,…
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THE WHOLE POINT of conducting safety research on prescription and over-the-counter drugs is to ensure that the medications that people are consuming are safe. For…
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IMAGINE you’re in the checkout line at Rite-Aid. You’ve got your prescription pain medication in hand — the one you get specifically for your menstrual…
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LIKE ANY clever piece of political rhetoric, the term “family values” gathers together a range of controversial ideas under an innocent and disarming banner. “Family values”…
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ARE YOU A WOMAN experiencing a distinct lack of sexual desire, to the extent that it causes personal distress or problems in your interpersonal relationship(s)? If so,…
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ONE IN FOUR WOMEN will have a miscarriage during her lifetime. I knew the numbers were high, but twenty-five freaking percent, that’s huge. What’s more baffling, though,…
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CYCLE TECHNOLOGIES describes their fertility awareness tools as “brilliantly simple.” Leslie Heyer founded the company in 2002, and since then she has developed the physical…
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AUDRA MORAN IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL CEO. She’s spent her entire career in the non-profit sector of the business world. While her vast experience rivals…
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IF HEADLINES ARE ANYTHING TO GO BY, an increasing number of women are rejecting hormonal contraceptives for the sympto-thermal method of fertility awareness. According to…
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MOST PEOPLE IN THE U.S. have never heard of a medical procedure called symphysiotomy. In recent years, awareness has been thrust upon the consciousness of…
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JENNIFER ALDORETTA, a trained engineer, created the Groove app when she realized that that she could combine her experience with side effects on the Pill with her…
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